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Discovery acquires sex therapy doc
Discovery Fit and Health in the US is among the buyers of Real 40 Year…
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BBC buys Oz mystery drama
UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired Australian crime drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries for its…
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Haslingden tunes up a new super indie
Until September last year, David Haslingden was Fox’s top channels executive, running its US and…
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ABC Oz ‘will turbo charge natural history and can rival the BBC’
Phil Craig, the head of documentaries at Australian public broadcaster the ABC, says that a…
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Disney makes trip to Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood
Disney Channel in Russia and the Latin American and Southeast Asian feeds of stable mate…
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ABC Oz’s kids boss resigns
Tim Brooke-Hunt, the controller of kids TV at ABC, has resigned and will leave the…
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ABC Oz catches MTV’s Catfish
Australian public broadcaster ABC has bought MTV reality series Catfish. The show, based on the…
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NBC poaches ABC exec for international copro role
US broadcast net NBC has recruited Quinn Taylor as its new executive VP, movies, miniseries…
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Qatar Holding latest to be linked to Hulu
Middle Eastern fund Qatar Holding is the latest organisation to be linked to a move…
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S.H.I.E.L.D., Hostages set for Canuck net
ABC’s superhero drama Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., CBS thriller Hostages and Fox comedy Surviving Jack…
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TLC Asia buys ABC Oz’s winemaker series
ABC Commercial, the sales arm of the Australian public broadcaster, has shopped its lifestyle series…
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Red Arrow in multi-year deal with Israeli digital firm
Red Arrow International has scored a long-term cooperation agreement with Israel-based cross screen company Screenz….
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International Studios: Drama Studies
For a week in May the attention of the TV world is focused on Hollywood…
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Comedy Central shows head Down Under
Several Australian free and pay TV broadcasters have picked up comedy series from the Comedy…
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LA Screenings: Broadcast Strikes Back
With US cable series such as Hatfields & McCoys gaining traction with key demographics in…
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ABC takes up Quest
US broadcast network ABC has called on the producers of The Amazing Race and feature…
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S.H.I.E.L.D., Seacrest series among new ABC shows
US broadcast net ABC has given the greenlight to a batch of new dramas and…
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Bachelor looks for love with Oz commission
Network Ten has commissioned an Australian version of The Bachelor after licensing the format from…
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Almost Naked Animals find new owner
Disney XD is the latest buyer of Almost Naked Animals, the animated children’s comedy from…
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Australia, China pubcasters partner on preschooler
Australian’s ABC and China’s CCTV have come together on a new non-verbal preschool children’s comedy….
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News brief: ABC books in Gogglebox pilot
US broadcast network ABC has commissioned a pilot for a variety competition show in which…
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Nielsen launches online TV ratings pilot
US-based ratings agency Nielsen has launched a pilot programme that will measure audiences for TV content…
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International broadcasters buy Ben Silverman’s Bet on Your Baby
The sales arm of US producer and distributor Electus has shopped gameshow Bet on Your…
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Discovery buys Disney dramas for TLC UK
Discovery has bought several US scripted series for the soon-to-launch UK version of TLC. It…
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ABC appoints new comedy chief
Australian public broadcaster ABC has appointed the co-creator and executive producer of controversial sitcom At…
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Former Chapman production chief joins Sixteen South
The former director of production and development at the now defunct Chapman Entertainment has resurfaced…
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Foxtel-BBC channel deal ‘disappoints ABC’
Australian pay TV provider Foxtel is to launch a premium BBC content channel on its…
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ABC buys BBCWW, DHX kids’ content
Australian public broadcaster ABC has acquired more than 50 hours of children’s programming from BBC…
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ABC explores Australia’s WWI
Australian broadcaster has hopped on the factual drama bandwagon with a fictionalised four-part series about…
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MIPTV News: Japanese Treasure Box opening again at MIPTV
Japan’s leading free-to-air broadcasters will launch a raft of new formats at MIPTV under the…